Need car do it all car. Comfortable enough for road trips, big enough to fit skis in, and more chick friendly streetable aka no 600+ lb springs/race seat/straight pipes like my last one. It was embarrassing driving girls around in the penis mobile lol

thing about e46 m3 is...pay 25-30k for a good example, it's a 8+ yr old car with no warranty, a couple sparing but expensive engine issues, will be in need of maintenance definitely bushings/shocks since people like to ignore those, likely tires/brakes/valves/fluids too. So 3-4k in parts right there, it's a 30-35k 8+ yr old car with no warranty.

On the other hand, a brand new Mustang is 35k optioned how I want, is brand new so won't need anything right away, has warranty...simpler engine, cheaper parts in the long run...and I'm a sucker for V8s

For now I'll just keep living the milf mobile life...see how my disposable income is going but it seems after a couple mortgage payments/etc I still have a $#@!load. Last thing I wanna do is cut into my travel/party budget

thing about e46 m3 is...pay 25-30k for a good example, it's a 8+ yr old car with no warranty, a couple sparing but expensive engine issues, will be in need of maintenance definitely bushings/shocks since people like to ignore those, likely tires/brakes/valves/fluids too. So 3-4k in parts right there, it's a 30-35k 8+ yr old car with no warranty.

On the other hand, a brand new Mustang is 35k optioned how I want, is brand new so won't need anything right away, has warranty...simpler engine, cheaper parts in the long run...and I'm a sucker for V8s

This is what I've thought about more and has me thinking of just keeping my car and modding it. Then maybe pick up an e30/e36 down the line to go balls out on as a track/autox car.